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Wolverine52

I think the real problem was that the GOP made this a HUGE issue right before the election. Fraud that was not even in their respective states etc. Now should you show an ID to get a voter card? Sure but to ask for mulitple documentation that one was 50+ yrs ago is a bit much.. In Ohio a 84 yr old war vet (white guy by the way) could not get a card for the documents where not good enough. It was stories like that that lead the SC to put a halt to the just before the election shenanigans

dspecht

To OldGoldBlue: You are missing a key point ... electoral college process means capturing the swing states. The reason WV is not in the middle of any push for voter id changes is obvious; we're not a swing state.

Youvegottabekiddingme

@wolv I didn't state any facts. Just asked a question. However, trying to dismiss the obvious with a statistical "fact" you pulled out of thin air is quite the winner. So you are saying 1 in a million votes is fradulent? (0.000001 %) How can that be verified if everyone is not showing any ID? It can't.

OldGoldBlue

I don't have a problem w/ ID for voters but I really don't think it's as big an issue as some want to make it into. The last election was decided by 5 million votes. Are we to believe all 5 million are suspicious? "The Hamilton County Board of Elections is investigating 19 possible cases of alleged voter fraud following months of investigation after the 2012 election. Twenty-eight subpoenas have been issued as a result of the investigation, which includes 19 Hamilton County voters and nine witnesses who still need to answer questions to satisfy the board.

The board started with 80 suspicious cases and now are down to 19. Officials say the majority of the cases turned out to be simple misunderstandings".

OldGoldBlue

RC, the dow was below 7000 in 2009 and might just crack 14,0000 today. You don't see that as real recovery? We all get angry from time to time but leave the gibberish for majoritarian, you're above that.

realitycheck

Democrat Melowese Richardson has been an official poll worker for the last quarter century and registered thousands of people to vote last year. She admitted to Cincinnati’s Channel 9 this week that she voted twice in the last election. This is how Channel 9's website summarized the case: According to county documents, Richardson’s absentee ballot was accepted on Nov. 1, 2012 along with her signature. On Nov.11,she told an official she voted at a precinct because she was afraid her absentee ballot would not be counted in time. “There’s absolutely no intent on my part to commit voter fraud,” said Richardson. . . . The board’s documents also state that Richardson was allegedly disruptive and hid things from other poll workers on Election Day after another female worker reported she was intimidated by Richardson. . . . During the investigation it was also discovered that her granddaughter, India Richardson,who was a first time voter in the 2012 election,cast two ballots."

Bullhead

I don't think those calling for photo ID to vote are being hypocritical if it is also required for MANY other government and private events, including buying a gun--which you seemed to selectively attack.

Then, you seemed to suggest adding even more hurdles for acquiring a gun than you seem to be comfortable with for voting. (Unless you also suggest to vote that a citizen needs to get a "license, register, register the owners, require insurance and liability for [voting] and require them to show an ID yearly at their annual [election].")

BDaddy

If you need proof of identification to drive, cash a check, purchase liquor or tobacco and you are pushing hard to resolve the 1 in a trillion voter fraud issue then WHY should voting be any different? Sure, no problem. Also license guns, register them, register the owners, require insurance and liability for gun owners and require them to show an ID yearly at their annual usage renewal training. Don't be a hypocrite. It is a good solution for everything.

maybimcrazy

Wolverine - if fraud is 1 voter in a trillion, it doesn't make a mounain of difference. You need proof of identification to drive. You need proof of id to cash a check, to purchase liquor or tobacco. No matter wherer you turn, you are required to offer pproof of your identity. WHY should voting be any different? Caught an episode of Seinfeld last night where Elaine complained about the difficulty invovled in shaking a bottle. That is roughly the equivalent of the dems argumetn here. Complaints about the inconvenience posed by voter id and the potential of suppressing legitimate votes is no reason not to make sure each vote is legitimate. It is just about as inconvenient as shaking a bottle...and this identification is supposed to be required for those of voting age anyway.

Wolverine52

Yougotta...yeah are those GOP guys that got caught in florida and Ohio doing any worse? please give it a break. Please get your facts about voter fraud and how often it happens, .ooooo1% nationwide. Hardly an epidemic or deciding election outcomes, and by the way the people caught. Just like that jefferson county councilman that got caught some time ago. Or we can always go back the day where only land owners or whites can vote

Bullhead

Youvegottabekiddingme

@Mountainwhispers "Stop watching Fox". Really? I like to watch/read all the different media and make up my own mind. Maybe some should try that instead of watching mainstream Obama coddling media and thinking that's all they need to know.

Youvegottabekiddingme

Show your ID to vote. What's so "under-handed" about that? How is proving who you are "gaming the system"? Are Dems gaming the system with homeless names, illegal immigrants, fictitious, and deceased voters?

MountainWhispers

Voter ID (Idiots Deciding) who gets to vote laws have been uncovered as Republicans attempting to game the system. Why are we still giving this under-handed move ink in the paper? Don't worry, be happy. The Democrats have it under control. The national recovery is real and moving along nicely despite conservative whining. Stop watching Fox. Live a little, eh?Ross Ballard...